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David Stamp 1943 - 2006

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2006 / December 13

David Stamp was an enthusiastic conservationist-turned-developer who played a big part in the renovation and redevelopment of Leith and Edinburgh's New Town. Stamp, who was born in Edinburgh in 1943, pioneered the conversion of redundant warehouses in Leith into flats and championed the notion that the basin of the Water of Leith, near its mouth at Leith Docks, might be transformed into a vibrant "floating village" of restaurants, bars, offices and homes. The elder son of Dr John Stamp - one of the leading veterinary scientists of his day and a world expert on scrapie in sheep - and Margaret Stamp, David was educated at Daniel Stewart's College and North Berwick High School. He studied architecture at Edinburgh College of Art, winning scholarships that permitted him to embark on study tours to the Netherlands, Turkey, Greece and Italy.

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